On the one hand: Sephiroth knows this is a terrible idea.
He knows how much Cloud hates him. He knows just how much of that hatred is deserved. He knows Jenova's reunion instinct is probably the only thing that keeps Cloud hunting him down, that stops Cloud's ideal world from being one in which he never sees Sephiroth again and in which, even more ideally, Sephiroth had never existed at all.
On the other hand: Angeal says otherwise.
It says a lot for Sephiroth's high esteem of Angeal, his trust in his judgment at least when it comes to other people, that Angeal contradicting him is all it takes for Sephiroth to question what he would otherwise swear is unshakeable reality. That if Angeal insists that this will make things better rather than worse, Sephiroth feels he has to test it, or he won't have done his due diligence.
And if this does, somehow, make things better for Cloud...Sephiroth is highly aware that he owes Cloud literally anything he can possibly do. Even, perhaps, taking the responsibility of making the call that it's better to upset him in the short-term if it might benefit him in the long-term.
Besides, what is he risking? Cloud hating him more? Impossible. At worst, he fails, and nothing improves. But surely things can't be worse between them.
So - not without some trepidation - Sephiroth opens the fence gate and lets himself into the chicken pen. One arm cradles a chicken, which seems relatively content with the arrangement. In fact, she seems half-asleep even as Sephiroth closes the gate behind him.
While Sephiroth is willing to take the responsibility for doing what he can to improve things for Cloud, however...he's not prepared to take responsibility for an idea whose believable viability, in his mind, stems entirely from his banked trust in Angeal. That, and he doesn't want Cloud to think that this is him choosing to haunt Cloud's steps. So...
"This wasn't my idea," he says. It's a little defensive, but mostly it sounds faintly guilty. Like Sephiroth is here against his better judgment, which is in fact exactly the case.
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He knows how much Cloud hates him. He knows just how much of that hatred is deserved. He knows Jenova's reunion instinct is probably the only thing that keeps Cloud hunting him down, that stops Cloud's ideal world from being one in which he never sees Sephiroth again and in which, even more ideally, Sephiroth had never existed at all.
On the other hand: Angeal says otherwise.
It says a lot for Sephiroth's high esteem of Angeal, his trust in his judgment
at least when it comes to other people, that Angeal contradicting him is all it takes for Sephiroth to question what he would otherwise swear is unshakeable reality. That if Angeal insists that this will make things better rather than worse, Sephiroth feels he has to test it, or he won't have done his due diligence.And if this does, somehow, make things better for Cloud...Sephiroth is highly aware that he owes Cloud literally anything he can possibly do. Even, perhaps, taking the responsibility of making the call that it's better to upset him in the short-term if it might benefit him in the long-term.
Besides, what is he risking? Cloud hating him more? Impossible. At worst, he fails, and nothing improves. But surely things can't be worse between them.
So - not without some trepidation - Sephiroth opens the fence gate and lets himself into the chicken pen. One arm cradles a chicken, which seems relatively content with the arrangement. In fact, she seems half-asleep even as Sephiroth closes the gate behind him.
While Sephiroth is willing to take the responsibility for doing what he can to improve things for Cloud, however...he's not prepared to take responsibility for an idea whose believable viability, in his mind, stems entirely from his banked trust in Angeal. That, and he doesn't want Cloud to think that this is him choosing to haunt Cloud's steps. So...
"This wasn't my idea," he says. It's a little defensive, but mostly it sounds faintly guilty. Like Sephiroth is here against his better judgment, which is in fact exactly the case.